Is this just me or ...

[unitoon]

does this bug any of you guys? it really annoys me when i'm working my a$$ off learning gapping, working on stairs and stuff, jumping off things, and doing my regular trials things at the park and people come up to me and tell me i should put on big shoes, an umbrella hat, and start juggling. i mean, hello? i'm obviously not a clown and i'm doing some shit that most people can't. then they come up and say i should be a clown. :mad: %^#*&*&(

[habbywall]

as it has been answerd many times:
take you wheel to there head, then say they should lay on a strecher and go to the hospital

[unitoon]

lol that would rock ;) see my unisteve quote.

of course, juvie isn't for me. i doubt they'd let me have my unicycle :D

[wheeliemaster]

It's called "stereotyping" when people do that. When someone does something unusual, people will try to associate it with whatever they can. With unicycling, the stereotype is clowns, unfortunately.

I drive an old 50s car with big tailfins. To me, it's a great looking classic car. But to some people, it's the "Batmobile". Another stereotype.

Stereotyping usually means people are ignorant, but not always. Maybe they are interested in what you doing, and thats just they're way of starting a conversation. So I usually give people the benefit of the doubt.

[NewKid]

When people do that for me I just give 'em credit for saying anything..
Most of the time you just get the awkward staring or quick glances as if you're not human.

[harper]

It's just you.

[Jerrick]

I was gapping a 5-set, and a group of 3 kids walked by, and after i jumped it, they said "oh look, the circus is in town" then they all started laughing. After that stupid remark i rode up to them stopped and got off, then asked them "you know how stupid that comment really was?" then they all quickly walked away without saying anything else. :D

[monkeyman]

I drive an old 50s car with big tailfins. To me, it's a great looking classic car. But to some people, it's the "Batmobile". Another stereotype.
You wanna show us a picture?
It sounds awesome....

[forrestunifreak]

It doesn't bug me too much. I just flat out ignore it and give them a fake empty smile and sorta half nod and mumble something, then go back to doing clearly un-clown things.

[BillyTheMountain]

I drive an old 50s car with big tailfins. To me, it's a great looking classic car. But to some people, it's the "Batmobile".

Holy Tailfins, wheeliemaster! You should get the BatMan costume!!

http://members.tripod.com/~AdamWest/b-lectur.htm

I was gapping a 5-set, and a group of 3 kids walked by, and after i jumped it, they said "oh look, the circus is in town" then they all started laughing. After that stupid remark i rode up to them stopped and got off, then asked them "you know how stupid that comment really was?" then they all quickly walked away without saying anything else. :D

In the short run, you rescued your sensitive pride.

But in the long run, it doesn't seem like an way to make friends.....

Catwoman: "Let noone say that Catwoman is not the best-dressed woman in the world."
Batman: "There are no fashion shows where you're going, Catwoman."
Robin: "And how could a feline feloness like you also be a fashion model?"
Batman: "Ah-ah. Give credit where credit is due, Robin. She may be evil, but she is attractive. You'll know more about that in a couple of years."

Robin: "If we close our eyes, we can't see anything."
Batman: "A sound observation, Robin."

[samia]

I'm sorry to say that, apart from a few stupid comments (how many of us would be rich if we had a penny for every time someone asked where the other wheel was??), I've only had non-clown related confrontations with the public. One time some young teenage kids were even... dare I say it... awed. They asked us to show them everything we could do.

So, yeah, it's just you.

[Unitik908]

as it has been answerd many times:
take you wheel to there head, then say they should lay on a strecher and go to the hospital

haha, i dont really have uch to say but that was funny

Chase

[cathwood]

the other day some radom woman said to me "She" (meaning her daughter) "wants to know if you work for the circus". Her daughter looked a bit bewilered (I hate it when parents blame their kids for things). Anyway, since I work for the NHS I said "Kind of".

Anyway, I rode along the pavement with my son and the woman continued to ask my daughter who was walking with us stuff like how long did it take me to learn and so on. So she was really just interested, just expressing it in what we consider to be an inappropriate way.

Cathy

[JJuggle]

When will you people learn? This post (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showpost.php?p=324987&postcount=36) in this thread (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40340) demonstrates definitively why you have no choice but to put on big shoes, an umbrella hat, and start juggling. I mean, hello!

And if you don't believe it, consider that your user name doesn't help. ;)

[wheeliemaster]

You wanna show us a picture?
It sounds awesome....

It is awesome! I get so much attention when I drive it. I don't know how to post a picture, but it is a '57 Plymouth, you can find tons of pictures on the web. It is the same kind of car as "Christine", Stephen King's 1983 movie about a demonic car. That movie is what got me interested in old cars. I couldn't help but fall in love with those sleek lines and rocket-ship design.

[Jerrick]

But in the long run, it doesn't seem like an way to make friends.....


I didnt want to make friends with them, i was there to clear a 5-set =p